Thank you for your interest in the LAB Open 2025 organized by London Amateur Brewers.

You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more brews or edit the brews you've entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.

Thanks and Good Luck To All Who Entered the LAB Open 2025!

There are 247 registered entries and 165 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 06:26, BST, there are 0 received and processed entries (this number will update as entries are picked up from drop-off locations and organized for judging).

Rules

LAB Open 2025 is here!

The LAB Open Competition and Festival is a BJCP-sanctioned competition where your homebrewed beers are assessed by qualified judges against current style guidelines.

Score sheets and written feedback are provided on each entry. Rosettes, certificates and prizes are awarded in each of 12 (or more) category groupings and for Best of Show places.

The beers are made available to sample and discuss with fellow competitors and friends in a festival-type setting on the afternoon of Sunday, July 6th, from 1:30 PM, providing a unique opportunity to sample hundreds of homebrews, arranged in their style groupings, with excellent examples of the styles flagged. A rare chance to compare your beers against others brewed to the same style, or to explore the wide range of styles being made today.

Beers will be assessed against the BJCP Style Guidelines 2021 available via this link. 

Eligibility: This competition is open to everyone, worldwide. Competition Organisers, staff, judges and stewards may enter the competition. Measures are in place to ensure fair, anonymous judging. Judges and stewards will not be assigned to categories that they have entered. Entries must have been made at home. Those made in commercial establishments, including brew-on-premise establishments, are not eligible.

Judging Sessions

Saturday Morning Judging
Saturday 5 July, 2025 09:00, BST

Sunday Morning Judging
Sunday 6 July, 2025 09:00, BST

Festival Staff Volunteers
Sunday 6 July, 2025 12:00, BST

Festival Set-up Session
Sunday 6 July, 2025 13:00, BST

Festival Clear Up
Sunday 6 July, 2025 17:00, BST

Competition Official

You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.

• Serge Savin — Competition Organiser

Sponsors

London Amateur Brewers is proud to have the following sponsors for the LAB Open 2025.